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Thursday, May 19, 2016

FINALS UPDATE: Empire (4.1), The Goldbergs (1.9) and Law and Order: SVU (1.3) all adjusted up. The CW looks to have been preempted somewhere as Arrow (0.7) and Supernatural (0.6) each went down.

Broadcast's heaviest Wednesday hitters wrapped up their runs on the second-to-last Wednesday of the season. Biggest of all was the season finale Empire (4.0), which made a return to the fours for the first time since the second week of its spring run.

Its lead-in Rosewood (1.4) was also on the rise, zooming to its highest rating since the Empire spring premiere night. But Rosewood will return next week to lead into the Wayward Pines return.

ABC's comedies The Middle (1.6), The Goldbergs (1.8), Modern Family (2.1) and Black-ish (1.5) couldn't put together any finale heat; in fact, Goldbergs and Black-ish each inched down from last week. Nashville (0.8) is the only ABC original that will be back next week, airing its series finale with a repeat lead-in.

On CBS, the days of finale spikes for Survivor (2.1) seem to be long past, but it was still just a bit below last spring's 2.3 finale. The reunion dropped to a 1.5 in the 10/9c hour, and it may adjust down even more if the opening minutes are counted in the finale rating.

NBC will be back all original next week, with Law and Order: SVU (1.2) taking a hit against Fox's big finale. Heartbeat (0.7) and Chicago PD (1.4) stayed even.

And the CW's steady Arrow (0.8) and Supernatural (0.7) will also be back for their finales next week.

FULL TABLE:

Name

A18-49

Skew

Last

Lastn

LeLa

wy2y

TLa

Ty2y

True

Last

The Middle

1.6

30%

0%

0.0

-11%

0%

-11%

1.84

-0.03

The Goldbergs

1.9

38%

0%

0.0

0.0

-5%

0%

-5%

1.97

-0.04

Modern Family

2.1

39%

0%

0.0

0.0

-22%

0%

-22%

2.07

+0.05

Black-ish

1.5

38%

0%

0.0

0.0

-25%

0%

-25%

1.37

+0.04

Nashville

0.8

27%

0%

0.0

0.0

-33%

0%

-33%

0.87

-0.04

ABC:

0%

-20%

Survivor Spring

2.1

28%

0%

0.0

-9%

+31%

+20%

2.21

-0.06

Survivor Spring

1.5

30%

-29%

-0.6

+36%

+25%

1.32

-0.89

CBS:

+33%

+21%

Heartbeat

0.7

23%

0%

0.0

0%

-30%

0.94

-0.03

Law and Order: SVU

1.3

29%

-7%

-0.1

0.0

-19%

-7%

-19%

1.54

-0.07

Chicago PD

1.4

26%

0%

0.0

-0.1

-13%

0%

-13%

1.38

-0.02

NBC:

-3%

-19%

Rosewood

1.4

37%

+27%

+0.3

+27%

-18%

1.61

+0.26

Empire

4.1

48%

+11%

+0.4

+0.3

+11%

+141%

3.98

+0.31

Fox:

+15%

+62%

Arrow

0.7

46%

-13%

-0.1

-30%

-13%

-30%

0.78

-0.11

Supernatural

0.6

48%

-14%

-0.1

-0.1

-14%

-14%

-14%

0.63

-0.08

CW:

-13%

-24%

All:

+9%

+7%

The full table can be sorted by clicking any of the category names at the top. Hover over 'Last', 'y2y' and timeslot numbers for more information on the previous episode(s) being compared.